Monday, April 18, 2005
"During World War I troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) were being transported to Europe to fight on the front lines. On their way there, lieutenant Harry Colebourn bought a small female black bear cub for $20 from a hunter who had killed its mother. He named her 'Winnipeg', after his hometown of Winnipeg, or 'Winnie' for short.Winnie became the mascot of an army Brigade but Winnie spent most of her time on loan to the London Zoo during the war.. Colebourn presented the London Zoo with Winnie in December 1919 where it became a popular attraction. A.A. Milne saw the bear in the London Zoo and started to write a series of books about Winnie the Pooh, his son Christopher Robin, and their friends at 100-Aker-Wood. These other characters, such as Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga and Roo were also based on stuffed animals belonging to Christopher Robin. Other characters as Rabbit and Owl were based on animals that lived, just like the swan Pooh, in the surrounding area of Milne's country home Cotchford Farm in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, on which 100-Aker-wood was based."
i got tt from the internet while doin my research on chameleons for my project work. hahas it was jus to prove to everyone who were sceptical when i said pooh was originally a female.. lols enjoy ppl~ i'll be veri busy..
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